Archives from 2016 to 2020 on paapereira.xyz

Book Haul for December 2020

Thu, 31 Dec 2020 20:33:10 +0000

Here’s my book haul for December.

Too many Amazon deals will be my ruin.

Malazan Book of the Fallen Read Along

Mon, 28 Dec 2020 18:23:20 +0000

I’ll be reading “Gardens of the Moon” by Steven Erikson, the first book of the Malazan Book of the Fallen series, beginning next year.

I’ll be participating in Mike’s Book Reviews community read along.

You can find out more in his Malazan: Channel Read Along Schedule & FAQ video.

This is a 2 year read along marathon. Don’t know if I’m gonna go to the end, but at least the first book is bought and ready to go.

Starship - A cross-shell prompt

Sun, 06 Dec 2020 14:54:55 +0000

Starship is a minimal, blazing-fast, and infinitely customizable prompt for any shell.

You can see different options for the installation in the Starship site.

In my case, in Arch Linux:

1paru starship-bin

After installing starship you need to tell you shell to use it.

In my case I’m using zsh and added the following to my .zshrc file:

1# starship shell
2eval "$(starship init zsh)"

You can add customizations by creating a ~/.config/starship.toml file.

Book Haul for November 2020

Sun, 06 Dec 2020 14:18:10 +0000

Here’s my book haul for November.

Those damned Amazon deals…

Paru - An AUR helper and pacman wrapper

Sun, 01 Nov 2020 15:26:57 +0000

Paru is an AUR helper and pacman wrapper written in Rust and based on the design of yay.

I’ve been using yay for about a year now and I’ll be playing around with paru for the next weeks. I still have yay installed and yes, I used yay to install paru.

1yay -S paru-bin

Installing and upgrading packages from the Arch repositories or from the AUR it’s just like yay.

Book Haul for October 2020

Sun, 01 Nov 2020 14:33:10 +0000

Here’s my book haul for October.

Bought a few books for Kindle after recently buying a Paperwhite. The rest came from Audible and I added some from Audible Plus to my library.

New Kindle Paperwhite

Sat, 10 Oct 2020 15:15:54 +0100

This week my new Kindle Paperwhite with Audible support arrived.

Reviewing my book ratings

Sun, 27 Sep 2020 18:23:20 +0100

UPDATE: check out my current rating system.

In the process of migrating my book library to Calibre I also reviewed my rating process, all my rating in Goodreads and my top 100 shelf.

This is my new logic for rating books:

★★★★★ - Fantastic book. A classic or a future classic. One of my favorite books.

★★★★☆ - Really enjoyed reading this book. Easy recommendation and a very good book.

★★★☆☆ - I liked it and it is a good, above average, book.

Calibre 5 is out

Fri, 25 Sep 2020 15:22:57 +0100

Calibre 5 is out.

I had installed the python3 version. No need now, just install the calibre package.

1sudo pacman -S calibre

Calibre ebook management

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 11:17:31 +0100

I’ve been playing around and migrating my book library to Calibre.

Installing

I installed the python3 version.

1yay -S calibre-common calibre-python3

Goodreads plugin

I installed the Goodreads plugin to connect to my account and sync my ratings and read dates (for this I created a ‘read_date’ column.

I also sync my top 100 books. For that I created a ’top_100’ column in Calibre and when syncing my ‘Top 100’ shelf from Goodreads I update this column.

System backups with BorgBackup and BorgBase

Wed, 23 Sep 2020 17:46:20 +0100

Since my last post on BorgBackup and BorgBase, I have subscribed to a 1 TB annual plan and have my daily and weekly /home backups running.

The next thing to setup is my system backups. For this (for now) I’m using a more weekly manually approach.

Installation

1sudo pacman -S borg

Setup

Create a new key to use in your backups (leave the password blank, I couldn’t get it to work witch a password)

1sudo ssh-keygen -o -a 100 -t ed25519

Add your key to BorgBase (Account > SSH Keys)

1sudo cat /root/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub

Create a new ‘desktop-system’ Repository in BorgBase and associate your SSH Key

Listening to podcast using gpodder, gpodder.net and AntennaPod

Sun, 06 Sep 2020 11:43:13 +0100

I’ve been using PocketCasts to listen to my podcasts for quite some time. In Android using with the app and in Linux in the website (using MellowPlayer).

But I’ve also been looking to a more open source way to listen to my podcasts.

I’m using for two weeks now AntennaPod in Android, gpodder.net to manage my subscriptions and gpodder in Arch Linux.

Installation and Setup

Install AntennaPod on F-Droid or Google Play
Install gpodder (in my case in Arch Linux yay -S gpodder)
Create an account at gpodder.net
Configure in AntennaPod and gpodder your new gpodder.net account

Managing Subscriptions

I exported my subscriptions in PocketCasts.

Remote backups using BorgBackup, Vorta and BorgBase

Sun, 23 Aug 2020 20:11:14 +0100

I’ve been using a mix of my own scripts with tar/gpg and duplicity to manage my backups (local and remote).

For some time now duplicity has been my choice, but lately it seems that every time a backup is interrupted it doesn’t restart at the archive it was at, but it starts from the beginning.

Since I have many GB to backup, every time duplicity performs a full backup this is a problem because I have to leave my desktop on for many hours. Also the fans start doing overtime and my little nuc starts heating up.

Improving my Boot Time in Arch Linux

Sat, 22 Aug 2020 17:16:32 +0100

I was investigating and issue with duplicity when I stumbled with systemd-analyze.

So I started to see what was contributing for my boot time and after that I started too see how to improved.

This is by no means a guide, but just what I changed to improve.

You can use sudo systemd-analyze blame to see load time for every programs that loads at boot time and sudo systemd-analyze critical-chain to basically see the critical programs that you could focus on.

Manage your Arch Linux mirrors with Reflector

Sun, 02 Aug 2020 15:08:17 +0100

From the Arch Wiki:

Reflector is a script which can retrieve the latest mirror list from the MirrorStatus page, filter the most up-to-date mirrors, sort them by speed and overwrite the file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.

Instalation

Install reflector

1yay -S reflector

Create the systemd service

1sudo vi /etc/systemd/system/reflector.service

 1[Unit]
 2Description=Pacman mirrorlist update
 3Wants=network-online.target
 4After=network-online.target nss-lookup.target
 5
 6[Service]
 7Type=oneshot
 8ExecStart=/usr/bin/reflector --verbose --protocol https --country 'Portugal' --latest 30 --number 20 --sort rate --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
 9
10[Install]
11WantedBy=multi-user.target

1sudo systemctl daemon-reload
2sudo systemctl start reflector.service
3sudo systemctl status reflector.service

You can enable the service. I prefer to control when the scripts executes.

🧘 1000 days in a row meditating

Wed, 08 Jul 2020 20:45:00 +0100

I’m a member of Headspace since April 25, 2016 and I have meditated daily, non stop, since that day.

The official count was resetted twice. Once because I changed from meditating in the morning to the night and other because I did after midnight and I guess it was too late to count.

Either way, this is a nice mark. The number is actually higher, but who’s counting 😄

Upgrading Seafile from 7.0.x to 7.1.x

Sun, 05 Jul 2020 14:24:44 +0100

I’ve waiting to upgrade to Seafile 7.1 because I keep my installation manually and I wasn’t finding the *x86-64.tar.gz option to download. After asking in the forums, I discovered it’s just a change of name.

Don’t forget to read the release notes from Seafile.

Before upgrading

Reading the release notes, this version needs Python 3 and a set of modules.

Python 3

1yay -S python python-setuptools python-pip
2
3sudo pip3 install --timeout=3600 wheel Pillow pylibmc captcha jinja2 \
4	sqlalchemy django-pylibmc django-simple-captcha python3-ldap \
5	django-recaptcha django-ranged-response

Memcached

The Memcached configuration also changed in this version. I wasn’t using Memcached, so I took the opportunity to set it up.

🔍 Searx: a hackable metasearch engine

Sat, 20 Jun 2020 11:24:26 +0100

Searx is a free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from more than 70 search services. Users are neither tracked nor profiled.

I recently learned about Searx and have been using it as my main search engine.

How to use

You basically have two option: install Searx in a machine controlled by you or use one of the available Searx-instances.

For now I’m using one of the instances, namely https://searx.pofilo.fr/.

Preferences

You can set a different variety of preferences including:

Started a new qqgtd project in GitLab

Thu, 04 Jun 2020 19:03:58 +0100

I recently started a new project at GitLab to host my new text based Getting Things Done approach.

It’s still at early stages, but I’m using it daily along my current system using Nozbe.

I’ve been a GTD guy since like forever and have used many different applications through the years. The most important thing about GTD is the method and not the tools, so changing my tool set is usually not a problem.

⌚ New Casio G-Shock DW5600-E

Sat, 23 May 2020 18:05:55 +0100

As an early birthday present I got the best space proved, back from ‘83, Casio G-Shock DW-5600E.

I wanted a G-Shock since I was a kid. I used a Casio F-91W when I was younger until I got a cellphone in early 2000s. After that my clock was my phone, from my first “dumb” phone the the latest smart-phones and “smart”-watches.

After buying some time ago a F-91W, remembering my 80s and 90s, I now got a super present :-)

🖥️ 🐧 Installing Arch Linux in my new NUC7i3BNH

Sat, 09 May 2020 10:40:10 +0100

Time to setup my new NUC7i3BNH.

I will install Arch Linux with no window manager and it will act as my home server with Seafile, Plex, Sickchill, sabnzbd, etc..

Preparation

Upgrade BIOS Firmware

Download the latest BIOS
Copy the .bios file to a USB drive
Boot and enter the upgrade page with F7

Burn ISO to USB pen drive

Download the Arch Linux ISO
Burn the iso in the usb pen drive.

1lsblk
2cd Downloads
3sudo dd bs=4M if=archlinux-2020.05.01-x86_64.iso of=/dev/sdc status=progress oflag=sync

Installation

Boot from the usb pen drive (setup the boot sequence entering the BIOS with F2).

🖥️ New Intel® NUC Kit NUC7i3BNH

Tue, 05 May 2020 11:30:30 +0100

My NUC7i3BNH just arrived.

I’m going to start preparations to migrate from my current NUC D34010WYK to the new one.

New post will follow in the next days.

The new hardware

Intel NUC7i3BNH (i3-7100U Processor, 2.40 GHz)
G.Skill Ripjaws SODIMM DDR4 8GB 2133MHz CAS15
Samsung 970 EVO Plus SSD M.2 NVMe 250GB

Software

Arch Linux
No window manager
Seafile
Plex
Sickchill
sabnzbd
etc.

Setting up Hugo with GitLab

Mon, 13 Apr 2020 20:19:55 +0100

What will you need

A GitLab account
Hugo

Creating a GitLab Page

It is as easy as clone an example GitLab Page Hugo example as the base for your own blog or homepage.

Go to https://gitlab.com/pages/hugo and fork the project to your GitLab account
In your new repository, remove the fork relationship (Settings > General > Advanced > Remove fork relationship)
Make sure your have the Shared Runners enabled (Settings > CI/CD > Runners)

New homepage and blog

Sun, 12 Apr 2020 19:01:21 +0100

I’m moving my homepage/blog from blogspot to a Hugo/GitLab setup.

In the following future a (manual) migration will slowly be taking place.

🖥️ My CPU Fan is starting to die - I need a new server

Mon, 02 Mar 2020 22:11:10 +0100

So, my NUC server CPU fan is starting to go.

It has been making a lot of noise. I already tried to clean it and turn off the server overnight. It’s better, but it’s starting to die.

Time to upgrade.

Basically I will still go with a NUC i3 with 8GB of RAM. It’s enough for my needs.

Jabber/XMPP Instant Messaging

Sun, 02 Feb 2020 10:55:01 +0000

——> There is an updated post here.

Quick start

Install Quicksy
Create your free +phonenumber@quicksy.im account
Contact me if you need help/tips

What is Jabber (aka XMPP)?

XMPP is the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol, a set of open technologies for instant messaging, presence, multi-party chat, voice and video calls, collaboration, lightweight middleware, content syndication, and generalized routing of XML data.¹

In simple terms xmpp it’s like imap and pop3 for email. A major advantage is that you can create an account in you preferred server (just like email) and talk to another person that have an account in another server.

Manage dotfiles using a git bare repository

Wed, 01 Jan 2020 18:33:15 +0000

I’ve been searching the best way to manage my dotfiles using git.

After seeing this video and checking this tutorial I decided to give it a go.

I will be using keybase as my (private) git repository.

Create and setup repository

Create a repository in keybase using the application
Create a bare repository

1mkdir -p $HOME/.dotfiles
2git init --bare $HOME/.dotfiles
3alias dotfiles='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles --work-tree=$HOME'
4dotfiles config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no
5echo "alias dotfiles='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles --work-tree=$HOME'" >> $HOME/.zshrc

Adding files

Add a first file to test if everything is OK

1dotfiles status
2dotfiles add .vimrc
3dotfiles commit -m "Add vimrc"
4dotfiles remote add origin keybase://private/your_username/dotfiles
5dotfiles push -u origin master

Every time you want to add a new file

1dotfiles add .bashrc
2dotfiles commit -m "Add bashrc"
3dotfiles add .zshrc
4dotfiles commit -m "Add zshrc"
5dotfiles push

Dotfiles in a new system

In a new system, you can get your dotfiles by:

 1alias dotfiles='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles --work-tree=$HOME'
 2echo ".dotfiles" >> .gitignore
 3git clone --bare keybase://private/your_username/dotfiles $HOME/.dotfiles
 4dotfiles config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no
 5mkdir -p $HOME/.dotfiles-backup
 6dotfiles checkout
 7if [ $? = 0 ]; then
 8 echo "Checked out config.";
 9else
10 echo "Backing up pre-existing dot files.";
11 dotfiles checkout 2>&1 | egrep "\s+\." | awk {'print $1'} | xargs -I{} mv {} $HOME/.dotfiles-backup/{}
12fi;
13dotfiles checkout

Then, every time you want to refresh your dotfiles

1dotfiles pull

🖥️ 🐧 Installing Arch Linux in my new Surface Go

Sat, 30 Nov 2019 18:01:16 +0000

Surface Go

Surface Go (10’’ - Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y - RAM: 8 GB - 128 GB SSD - Intel HD 615)
Surface Go Black Type Cover

Final setup

Run only Linux
Arch Linux
Gnome

Preparation

Needed hardware

Surface Go
Surface Go Keyboard or USB keyboard/mouse
USB pen drive
USB Ethernet adapter
USB-C to USB adapter + USB Hub or USB-C hub

Burn ISO to USB pen drive

Download the Arch Linux ISO.
Burn the iso in the pen drive.

1sudo dd bs=4M if=archlinux-2019.10.01-x86_64.iso of=/dev/sdc status=progress oflag=sync

Connect the dongles

Depending on your setup make sure you have the USB pen drive with the Arch Linux ISO burned and a Ehternet cable connected.

Folder thumbnails in Thunar

Tue, 13 Aug 2019 21:12:35 +0000

My favorite file manager is Thunar, but it hasn’t folder thumbnails by default.

Here’s how to enable it.

Install tumbler and imagemagick

1yay -S tumbler imagemagick

Create the following a folder.thumbnailer file and add the following

1sudo vi /usr/share/thumbnailers/folder.thumbnailer

1[Thumbnailer Entry]
2Version=1.0
3Encoding=UTF-8
4Type=X-Thumbnailer
5Name=Folder Thumbnailer
6MimeType=inode/directory;
7Exec=/usr/bin/folder-thumbnailer %s %i %o %u

Create the folder-thumbnailer script

1sudo vi /usr/bin/folder-thumbnailer

 1#!/bin/bash
 2
 3convert -thumbnail "$1" "$2/folder.jpg" "$3" 1>/dev/null 2>&1 ||\
 4convert -thumbnail "$1" "$2/.folder.jpg" "$3" 1>/dev/null 2>&1 ||\
 5convert -thumbnail "$1" "$2/folder.png" "$3" 1>/dev/null 2>&1 ||\
 6convert -thumbnail "$1" "$2/cover.jpg" "$3" 1>/dev/null 2>&1 ||\
 7rm -f "$HOME/.cache/thumbnails/normal/$(echo -n "$4" | md5sum | cut -d " " -f1).png" ||\
 8rm -f "$HOME/.thumbnails/normal/$(echo -n "$4" | md5sum | cut -d " " -f1).png" ||\
 9rm -f "$HOME/.cache/thumbnails/large/$(echo -n "$4" | md5sum | cut -d " " -f1).png" ||\
10rm -f "$HOME/.thumbnails/large/$(echo -n "$4" | md5sum | cut -d " " -f1).png" ||\
11exit 1

1sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/folder-thumbnailer

To add a thumbnail to a folder you just need to add a .folder.jpg file and your set. You can decide to use different names in the /usr/bin/folder-thumbnailer script.

pass - the standard unix password manager

Sat, 22 Jun 2019 18:31:17 +0100

I’ve been using pass as my password manager for the last months.

In Linux, Android and Windows.

Here’s how I set it up and the apps that can be used.

Installation

Arch Linux

I installed pass, pass-otp for one time password support, dmenu for an easy way to copy your passwords to the clipboard and if you prefer qtpass foi a gui application.

1sudo pacman -S pass pass-otp dmenu qtpass

You can use the command passmenu to open a list of your passwords using dmenu. For convenience you can assign it to a keyboard shortcut.

How to Make Qt Apps Match Dark Themes on Xfce

Sat, 09 Feb 2019 18:40:14 +0000

In summary, I prefer dark themes and my QT based applications weren’t matching this preference. I’m using Xfce.

After some digging around, and this video, here’s what I did.

1$ nano ~/.config/Trolltech.conf

[Qt] style=GTK+

1$ sudo pacman -S qt5-styleplugins

1$ sudo nano /etc/environment

QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=gtk2 QT_STYLE_OVERRIDE=gtk2

Connecting to ProtonVPN in Arch Linux

Sat, 14 Apr 2018 18:35:36 +0100

I recently signed up with ProtonVPN.

Here’s how I connect in Arch Linux.

1sudo pacman -S openvpn
2
3sudo wget -O protonvpn-cli.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ProtonVPN/protonvpn-cli/master/protonvpn-cli.sh
4
5sudo chmod +x protonvpn-cli.sh
6sudo ./protonvpn-cli.sh --install
7sudo protonvpn-cli -init
8sudo protonvpn-cli -connect
9sudo protonvpn-cli -disconnect

Disable the touchpad while typing

Tue, 07 Nov 2017 11:45:22 +0000

Here’s how I set things up to automatically disable the touchpad while typing in my laptop, using the driver’s automatic palm detection.

These are just my notes. Check the entire Arch Wiki entry on Touchpad Synaptics.

First of all you should test if it works properly for your touchpad and if the settings are accurate. Enable palm detection with synclient PalmDetect=1.

Then test the typing. You can tweak the detection by setting the minimum width for the touch to be considered a palm, for example synclient PalmMinWidth=8.

Seafile Installation Notes in Arch Linux

Sun, 28 May 2017 18:23:43 +0100

These are my notes about installing Seafile in my Arch Linux home server.

Note: I have reviewed and added to these notes several times.

I’m using:

Seafile
A NUC with Arch Linux as my home server
A WD My Cloud NAS

Create a new share seafile
Create a new directory in the server

1sudo mkdir /home/nas/seafile
2sudo chmod 750 /home/nas/seafile
3sudo chown seafile:seafile /home/nas/seafile

Setup a mountpoint in the server

1sudo vi /etc/fstab

1nas:/nfs/seafile /home/nas/seafile nfs users,noauto,x-systemd.automount,x-systemd.device-timeout=10,timeo=14,soft,intr,noatime,file_mode=0640,dir_mode=0750 0 0

Set NO_ROOT_SWASH in the WD My Cloud NFS exports configuration (when I restart my NAS I have to do this again…)

1ssh -oHostKeyAlgorithms=+ssh-dss sshd@192.168.0.99

1vi /etc/exports

1"/nfs/seafile" *(rw,no_root_squash,sync,no_wdelay,insecure_locks,insecure,no_subtree_check,anonuid=501,anongid=1000)

1exportfs -r

Server installation

Pre-requisites

 1sudo pacman -S python-imaging mysql-python
 2
 3mkdir /tmp/cower
 4cd /tmp/cower
 5cower -d libsearpc
 6cd /tmp/cower/libsearpc
 7makepkg -sri
 8cower -d libsepol
 9cd /tmp/cower/libsepol
10makepkg -sri
11cower -d libselinux
12cd /tmp/cower/libselinux
13makepkg -sri

Download Seafile

https://www.seafile.com/en/download/

Install TagSpaces on Linux

Wed, 14 Dec 2016 21:02:24 +0000

I’ve been using TagSpaces from some time now, and I ended up to buy a Pro version.

You get the Pro version by receiving a download link by email. I’m on Arch Linux and the pro versions provided are not for Arch, but it has a .deb version.

Here’s how to install it on Arch. Updating is basically the same.

 1yaourt -S xarchiver electron libgcrypt15
 2
 3cd ~/Downloads
 4mv tagspaces-pro-2.5.0-amd64.deb tagspaces-pro-2.5.0-amd64.ar
 5xarchiver -x ./tagspaces tagspaces-pro-2.5.0-amd64.ar
 6xarchiver -x . data.tar.xz
 7rm -f control.tar.gz
 8rm -f debian-binary
 9rm -f data.tar.xz
10
11sudo cp -R opt/ /
12rm -rf opt
13sudo cp -R usr/ /
14rm -rf usr/
15rm -f ~/Downloads/tagspaces-pro-2.5.0-amd64.ar
16
17vi ~/.local/share/applications/tagspaces.desktop

1[Desktop Entry]
2Name=tagspaces
3Comment=Offline document organizer and browser for your local files, supporting easy file tagging and document editing.
4Exec=/opt/tagspaces/tagspaces
5Terminal=false
6Type=Application
7Icon=/usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/tagspaces.png

Gnome Touchpad Issue

Sun, 04 Dec 2016 22:54:32 +0000

In Gnome 3.20 (I think) Gnome switched to use libinput over synaptic for the touchpad lib.

You need to remove xf86-input-synaptic and install xf86-input-libinput. You’ll also need to remove the synaptic config file.

Use Reflector to update your pacman mirror list

Sun, 04 Dec 2016 20:22:12 +0000

1sudo pacman -S reflector
2
3sudo vi /etc/systemd/system/reflector.service

1[Unit]
2Description=Pacman mirrorlist update
3
4[Service]
5Type=oneshot
6ExecStart=/usr/bin/reflector --verbose --country 'Portugal' -l 5 -p http --sort rate --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

1sudo systemctl start reflector

GPG encrypted backups to rsync.net

Mon, 28 Nov 2016 21:02:25 +0000

I use rsync.net for my cloud/offline backups.

Here’s how to do gpg encrypted backups.

Mount rsync.net using sshfs and create a backup folder

1mkdir -p /home/your_user/rsync.net/
2sshfs 99999@server.rsync.net: /home/your_user/rsync.net/
3mkdir -p /home/your_user/rsync.net/backups/

Create and encript a directory

1tar --xattrs -czpvf /tmp/2016-11-28_my_dir.tgz -C /home/your_user/my_dir .
2gpg --cipher-algo aes256 -c -o /home/your_user/rsync.net/backups/2016-11-28_my_dir.tgz.gpg /tmp/2016-11-28_my_dir.tgz

Restore and decrypt a directory

1mkdir -p /tmp/extract
2cd /tmp/extract
3gpg -o- /tmp/2016-11-28_my_dir.tgz.gpg | tar zxvf -

Unmount rsync.net

1fusermount -u /home/your_user/rsync.net/

Backups using ecryptfs and rsync.net

Sun, 27 Nov 2016 21:12:33 +0000

I use rsync.net for my cloud/offline backups.

Here’s how to do encrypted backups using ecryptfs.

Install ecryptfs-utils

1sudo pacman -S ecryptfs-utils

Generate a passphrase

1ecryptfs-setup-private --nopwcheck --noautomount

Mount rsync.net using sshfs and create a backup folder

1mkdir -p /home/your_user/rsync.net/
2sshfs 99999@server.rsync.net: /home/your_user/rsync.net/
3mkdir -p /home/your_user/rsync.net/backups/

Mount the backups folder as an encrypted filesystem and copy some files

1sudo mount -t ecryptfs ~/.Private /home/your_user/rsync.net/backups -o key=passphrase,ecryptfs_cipher=aes,ecryptfs_key_bytes=24,ecryptfs_passthrough=n,ecryptfs_enable_filename_crypto=n

Unmount rsync.net and the encrypted filesystem mount

1sudo umount ~/Private
2fusermount -u /home/your_user/rsync.net/

Remove pacman cache

Thu, 10 Nov 2016 21:33:11 +0000

pacman keeps a cache of package versions it installs in /var/cache/pacman/pkg/.

As you install and upgrade more packages, the more it grows.

So, it’s a good ideia to clean it from time to time.

If you want to keep the last 2 versions of each package as an example, just execute the following.

1sudo paccache -rk 2
2
3==> finished: 2670 packages removed (disk space saved: 8.49 GiB)

Nextcloud Arch Linux installation

Mon, 07 Nov 2016 22:44:10 +0000

There are my notes for installing Nextcloud in Arch Linux in my home server.

Server installation

1sudo pacman -Syu apache php php-apache mariadb
2cower -d nextcloud
3sudo pacman -Syu php-gd php-intl php-mcrypt php-apcu

PHP configuration

1sudo nano /etc/php/php.ini

Uncomment the following modules:

gd.so
iconv.so
xmlrpc.so
zip.so
extension=pdo_mysql.so
bz2.so
curl.so
intl.so
mcrypt.so

Add the following to open_basedir:

/tmp:/usr/share/webapps/nextcloud:/dev/urandom

MariaDB setup

1sudo mysql_install_db -–user=mysql -–basedir=/usr -–datadir=/var/lib/mysql
2sudo systemctl enable mariadb.service
3sudo systemctl start mariadb.service
4sudo systemctl status mariadb.service
5sudo mysql_secure_installation

Create Nextcloud database

1mysql -u root -p
2 CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS nextcloud;
3 CREATE USER ‘username’@’localhost’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘password’;
4 GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON nextcloud.* TO ‘username’@’localhost’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘password’;
5 quit

Apache setup

1sudo cp /etc/webapps/nextcloud/apache.example.conf /etc/httpd/conf/extra/nextcloud.conf
2sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Comment the line:

Archives from 2016 to 2020 on paapereira.xyz

Book Haul for December 2020

Malazan Book of the Fallen Read Along

Starship - A cross-shell prompt

Book Haul for November 2020

Paru - An AUR helper and pacman wrapper

Book Haul for October 2020

New Kindle Paperwhite

Reviewing my book ratings

Calibre 5 is out

Calibre ebook management

Installing

Goodreads plugin

System backups with BorgBackup and BorgBase

Installation

Setup

Listening to podcast using gpodder, gpodder.net and AntennaPod

Installation and Setup

Managing Subscriptions

Remote backups using BorgBackup, Vorta and BorgBase

Improving my Boot Time in Arch Linux

Manage your Arch Linux mirrors with Reflector

Instalation

🧘 1000 days in a row meditating

Upgrading Seafile from 7.0.x to 7.1.x

Before upgrading

Python 3

Memcached

🔍 Searx: a hackable metasearch engine

How to use

Preferences

Started a new qqgtd project in GitLab

⌚ New Casio G-Shock DW5600-E

🖥️ 🐧 Installing Arch Linux in my new NUC7i3BNH

Preparation

Upgrade BIOS Firmware

Burn ISO to USB pen drive

Installation

🖥️ New Intel® NUC Kit NUC7i3BNH

The new hardware

Software

Setting up Hugo with GitLab

What will you need

Creating a GitLab Page

New homepage and blog

🖥️ My CPU Fan is starting to die - I need a new server

Jabber/XMPP Instant Messaging

Quick start

What is Jabber (aka XMPP)?

Manage dotfiles using a git bare repository

Create and setup repository

Adding files

Dotfiles in a new system

🖥️ 🐧 Installing Arch Linux in my new Surface Go

Surface Go

Final setup

Preparation

Needed hardware

Burn ISO to USB pen drive

Connect the dongles

Folder thumbnails in Thunar

pass - the standard unix password manager

Installation

Arch Linux

How to Make Qt Apps Match Dark Themes on Xfce

Connecting to ProtonVPN in Arch Linux

Disable the touchpad while typing

Seafile Installation Notes in Arch Linux

Setup a NAS share

Server installation

Pre-requisites

Download Seafile

Install TagSpaces on Linux

Gnome Touchpad Issue

Use Reflector to update your pacman mirror list

GPG encrypted backups to rsync.net

Backups using ecryptfs and rsync.net

Remove pacman cache

Nextcloud Arch Linux installation

Server installation